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You seem to be differentiating between physical and psychological addiction, and saying that only physical addiction meets the technical definition of addiction
by SoftTalker 8mo ago
You seem to be differentiating between physical and psychological addiction, and saying that only physical addiction meets the technical definition of addiction?
- twoodfin 8mo agoI’m saying society should tread extremely carefully in attempting to regulate citizens’ potentially psychologically addictive behaviors.
- SoftTalker 8mo agoAh OK. Yes I agree, there can be a blurry line between something a person does compulsively/addictively and something that he just enjoys doing. And it's different for different people.
- card_zero 8mo agoTo add to the confusion, sometimes I do stupid things just once. Even so, those things should be banned, for harming me.
- danny_codes 8mo agoGood news, social media has been extensively studied and found to be addictive. So we have little need to tread carefully, we already know it’s addictive. Fortunately it also has minimal to no value to society, so even if we overreacted and banned it completely it’d be fine
- Ferret7446 8mo agoGood news, the thing you like had been found to be addictive. Please relinquish your freedom, this is for your own good.
- danny_codes 8mo agoIf by relinquish freedom we mean, respect other people and limit your vice to controlled settings where harm is minimized.. yes. You can still smoke, drink, get high, and gamble. We ask that you limit these to places that minimize the damage you do to other people.